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WorksheetsUnit 3 Summative Assessment - America's Expansion
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 41mins
Why did the U.S. government set up schools for the American Indians?
The government planned on hiring American Indians to build railroads.
wanted to assimilate the American Indians into U.S. culture
thought the American Indians would tell them where gold was
desired have the American Indians work as farmers.
How did the Dawes Act strike at the heart of American Indian culture?
requiring American Indian groups to keep a census of their populations
establishing American Indian boarding schools
forcing American Indians to relocate from their homelands to reservations
breaking up American Indian reservations into individual plots of land
Which of the following concepts is illustrated in this photograph?
allotment
assimilation
expansionism
nativism
Which action represents a major change in US policy toward American Indians after the Civil War?
Relocation to distant territories
Giving tribal property to individuals
Peace negotiations with hostile tribes
Grants of conditional citizenship
Why did Lt. Colonel George Custer become a national hero after the Battle of Little Big Horn?
President Grant recognized his courage & gave him the Medal of Honor.
Wild West Shows portrayed him as courageous fighter against a larger force.
He wrote a novel telling how he kept Confederates from capturing a fort.
His victory ended Indian resistance in the west to white settlement.
The Exoduster movement involved which group?
American Indians wanting tribal lands back
Eastern Europeans immigrating to the U.S.
African Americans leaving the South after the Civil War
Colonial Americans fighting in the Revolutionary War
Chief Joseph, Crazy Horse, and Sitting Bull shared what common experience?
Benefitted from peace treaties with the US government.
Resisted efforts to displace their people from their homeland.
Popular figures in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Opposed tactics of the Apache and the Cheyenne.
During 1850-1900, which group was most adversely affected by the spread of mining boomtowns?
American Indians
Cattle ranchers
Eastern merchants
Immigrant laborers
Which summary of the massacre at Wounded Knee is most accurate?
Provided a reason for the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Led to the passage of the Indian Reorganization Act.
Led to the end of the government's military operations against the native.
prompted widespread public hostility toward the Sioux Indians
Which quote was associated with the forced assimilation of the Indians at the Carlisle Indian School?
"We all wore white man's clothes and ate white man's food."
"Our labor symbolized nothing, and left us mentally sluggish..."
"Humility and charity are the only credentials for admission."
"It never enters our head than we can offend anyone..."
Which of the following did the American Anti-Imperialist League oppose?
Extension of the right to vote to women
Government regulation of large businesses
Federal legislation ensuring food safety
U.S. conquest and possession of overseas territories
President Theodore Roosevelt considered the voyage of the Great White Fleet essential to accomplishing which foreign policy goal?
Repair of United States' international reputation following the Philippine Insurrection
Increased military spending for the purpose of establishing U.S. supremacy
Demonstration of United States' naval power and ability to defend its international interests
Establishment of overseas coaling stations for the U.S. Navy
Largely characterized by resentment of European influence over the Chinese government, the Boxer Rebellion resulted in attacks on foreign-owned properties. Why did U.S. interests also come under attack during this time?
The United States offered no assistance to China during its 1895 war with Japan.
The Open Door policy attempted to secure for the United States the same trading rights enjoyed by other Western countries in China.
China's ability to conduct unrestricted trade with the Philippines was jeopardized by the U.S. victory in the Spanish-American War.
U.S. policies that unfairly restricted Chinese immigration created political tensions between the countries.
Passage of the Platt Amendment resulted in which development?
The United States withdrew from Cuba.
The United States placed an economic embargo on Cuba.
The United States extended constitutional protections to Cuba.
The United States exerted political control over Cuba and made it a protectorate.
What issue does the political cartoon from the 1890s show?
The revolution in Panama
The annexation of Hawaii
The struggle of Cuba
The dictatorship in Costa Rica
What led the U.S. government to participate in the 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian government?
Queen Liliuokalani's attempt to reduce the political influence of American sugar planters.
The colonization of Pacific Islands near Hawaii by European nations.
King Kalakaua's discussions with the Japanese government to lease Pearl Harbor.
The kidnapping of Christian missionaries by Hawaiian nationalists.
Which desired outcome most influenced President McKinley's decision to maintain U.S. control over the Philippines after the Spanish-American War?
Reduced flow of immigration from Asia
Increased business opportunities for U.S. businesses
Assured safety of U.S. religious missionaries
Extended reach of the Monroe Doctrine
Over which of the following events did yellow journalism most influence U.S. government actions to invade Cuba?
The sinking of the USS Maine
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The attack of Pearl Harbor
The event of 9/11
Which situation prompted the U.S. government to actively encourage a 1903 revolt in Central America?
Columbia refused to ratify an agreement allowing construction of the Panama Canal.
The U.S. military needed to protect to the Western Hemisphere from communist aggression.
Socialist politicians were threatening to nationalize businesses owned by U.S. citizens.
France was reluctant to give up its colonial possessions in the Western Hemisphere.
Alfred Thayer Mahan expressed what opinion in his book The Influence of Sea Power Upon History?
The U.S. government placed too much emphasis on modernizing the navy instead of the army.
The U.S. government could increase foreign trade by providing businesses more incentives to build ships.
A nation benefitted from having a strong navy and the overseas bases needed to maintain it.
Construction of the Panama Canal would increase naval traffic and benefit all Central American countries.
When a trade treaty that exempted Hawaiian sugar from tariffs came up for renewal, the Senate insisted that the Hawaiians grant the United States rights to
establish missions.
govern the islands.
increase tourism.
a naval base.
When the explosion of the Maine happened, many Americans blamed it on
Cuba.
the Foraker Act.
the Philippines.
Spain.
According to the treaty that ended the Spanish-American War, the U.S. would
annex Guam, Puerto Rico, and Cuba.
make Cuba a protectorate, and annex Guam and Puerto Rico.
free Guam and Cuba, and annex Puerto Rico.
free Guam, Puerto Rico, and Cuba.
Who arranged for a small army to stage an uprising in Panama?
Philippe Bunau-Varilla
President Theodore Roosevelt
John Hay
the Boxers
In the late 1800s, Americans were looking overseas for places to sell their products because
they were producing more products than other industrialized countries wanted.
tariffs reduced trade among industrialized countries.
they could sell their products at higher prices in Asia and Africa.
Asia and Africa were producing products that European wanted in exchange for their own.
What does the excerpt imply about the Anti-Imperialist League’s views on imperialism?
It brings life, liberty, and happiness to more people.
It reaffirms the United States as a world power.
U.S. imperialism is similar to British actions against the American colonists.
It maintains the traditions of Washington and Lincoln.
The Hawaiian monarchy was overthrown by
a group of Hawaiian peasants, upset over the islands’ economic troubles.
an invasion by the United States military.
a group of planters supported by the United States Marines.
a group of Hawaiian peasants supported by the United States Marines.
The ________________ stated that the United States would intervene in affairs of the countries of Latin American when necessary.
Roosevelt Corollary
Pan-Americanism
Anglo-Saxonism
Open Door Policy
The confrontation at Wounded Knee began because the government agent wanted the Lakota Sioux to stop
hunting outside of the reservation.
raiding nearby farms.
hunting buffalo in violation of a treaty.
performing the Sun Dance.
Railroads had which of the following impacts on Native Americans?
They helped Native Americans thrive because they opened new markets.
They made Native Americans wealthy because railroad companies paid for them for their land.
They hurt Native Americans by altering their way of life and disrupting their culture.
They had little effect on Native Americans because Native Americans did not ride trains.
CHOOSE ALL CORRECT ANSWERS: Which of the following were factors that fueled U.S. imperialism?
search for new markets
domination of all world markets
belief in cultural superiority
desire for military strength
CHECK ALL CORRECT ANSWERS. Alfred T. Mahan's plan for American dominance involved the United States doing which of these?
building a strong navy
acquiring Hawaii
establishing Caribbean naval bases
building a canal across Panama
CHOOSE ALL CORRECT ANSWERS. Why is the acquisition of Alaska and Hawaii so important to the United States?
Hawaii's resources fueled America's industrial growth.
Alaska's location in the Pacific Ocean was the perfect place to build a military base.
Alaska's resources fueled America's industrial growth.
Hawaii's location in the Pacific Ocean was the perfect place to build a military base.
CHOOSE ALL CORRECT ANSWERS: Why did the United States get involved in the revolution against the Spanish in Cuba?
Americans wish to support Cuba's independence
Yellow Journalism, or news stories published to elicit sympathy for Cuban rebels
The De Lome Letter in which the Spanish minister accused President McKinley of being weak
The explosion of the U.S.S. Maine that had been placed in Havana Harbor
As the leader of the Rough Riders, ___________________ became a national hero and led the American military and Cuban rebels to victory in China.
Emilio Aguinaldo
Dupuy de Lome
Sanford B. Dole
Theodore Roosevelt
In 1900, the U.S. Congress passed the ____________________ that ended military rule in Puerto Rico and set up a government elected by the people of Puerto Rico.
Teller Amendment
Foraker Act
Platt Amendment
Roosevelt Corollary
Teddy Roosevelt's foreign policy was known as _________________, and he issued the Roosevelt Corollary stating that ____________________ would be used to allow the U.S. to become the world police force.
Moral Diplomacy; military force
Dollar Diplomacy; negotiation
Big Stick Diplomacy; military force
Big Stick Diplomacy; negotiation
CHOOSE ALL CORRECT ANSWERS: Woodrow Wilson's Moral Diplomacy refused to recognize countries that were
undemocratic.
oppressive to their people.
unwilling to pledge loyalty to the U.S.
allied with America's enemies.
William Howard Taft's Dollar Diplomacy ensured the
financial stability of countries in Latin America while protecting and extending U.S. commercial and financial interests there.
safety of the United States and the other countries of the western hemisphere by warning the countries of Europe away from interference in Latin America.
integrity of the United States by refusing to recognize any country that oppressed the rights of its people.
United States dominated the world market and economically dominated all of the countries of Europe.
Why did Woodrow Wilson and the United States not support Mexico's revolution?
In accordance with his Moral Diplomacy, Wilson is upset because Mexico will not trade with the U.S.
In accordance with his Moral Diplomacy, Wilson feels the revolution was too violent.
In accordance with his Moral Diplomacy, Wilson feels that the countries of Europe were too powerful.
In accordance with his Moral Diplomacy, Wilson is upset because the U.S. had been dominated by the Cuban rebels.
A researcher seeking primary source material on the massacre at Wounded Knee would likely consider which of the following to be the most authentic and authoritative evidence on the topic?
A public radio interview of a notable historian
The textbook for a high school U.S. history course
The highest-ranked results of an online search
A letter describing an eyewitness account of the event
